Yam Milk

The month of November arrived and with it the heat! The frequency on the beaches increases and with it the need for lighter, fresh foods that help to moisturize the body. A good tip is to enjoy the fruits, vegetables and vegetables of the time: pineapple, acerola, banana-nanica, banana-plata, green coconut, pear-orange, apple, papaya, mango, passion fruit, watermelon, melon; broccoli, chives, endive, fennel, spinach; zucchini, eggplant, beetroot, carrot, yam, gherkin, turnip, cucumber, peppers and tomatoes. A true nutritional wealth!

There are several very good recipes for vegetable milks made with nuts, brown rice, sesame, flaxseed … These are actually the best known, but there is also yams milk, which is in season making it a cheaper option. It is even easy to find it at your organic supplier.

Yams milk lasts two days in the refrigerator because it is a home-made milk with no preservatives, so do not do too much to avoid waste. The vegetable milk carton lasts longer and I am not against its consumption, but because it is an industrialized food, loses some of its original properties, not to mention the preservatives that are added to last longer and end up harming our body.

In Brazil, there are many varieties of roots known as yams, but what really matters is that they all have incredible properties that are good for our health: